Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-03-11
a aambling.House Episode.

er forget as long as L live Among the |
regular customers of the game there |
was young man who held position
In his fathers Office, prominent down |
town merchant. Although he was neith-
er cool nor lucky player, and rare
ly left the table winner, he still con-
tinued to frequent the gaming table for |
no other purpose than to appe.se an |
Unsuitable appetite. Thus the Young |
player naturally lost considerable mon |
ey, and his father having discovered |
his haunts, sent word to the proprie- |
tors Of the game, forbidding them to adj
NIT his son in the future. But the |
parties TINS cautioned failed to pay any |
attention to this notice, and the young |
man continued coming.
One afternoon, about o'clock, while |
he was sitting at the table playing, the |
bell rang and the negro servant ad- |
mitted tail, venerable-looking gentle |
man, whose hair was as white as snow
He stepped up to the table, placed his
RICH hand upon theyoung mans should
or, and. addressing himself to the deal
er, said:
"This young man is my son. I have
cautioned you not TO admit HIM, but you
have not needed my warming. Z now
give you notice that if you let him
play here after this You do SO at your
peril"
The dealer looked at the speaker with
an insolent contempiuous expression,
and said. sneeringly:
II don't care whether you are the faith
er OF any of my players or not That
young man looks as if he were II, and i
guess he is able to attend to his own
business"
Then, turning to the negro, he said:
! @John show this gentleman to the
door" And again he looked at the
new conner in a derisive and sneering
, way.
But he had made his reckoning with
out his host. The old gentleman drew
himself mp to his full height and while his
I. eyes flashed fire, he said, in aloud, clear
. voice:
"Ah, Mr.. Dealer, you know very well
| that what / have been saying is no
laughing matter, and, though only one
| man has blown out his brains in your
room and spoiled your handsome car
| pet with his blood, you have not the less
cruelty assassinated dozen more with
! your devilish game, even though You
may have done SO indirectly. How
many more OF your victims have become
| suicides in consequence of your hellish
operations? dare say you do not care
to know. You are a very jolly fellow,
hare no doubt, and you drive fast
horses in the park. Your plate is mag
niticent, and l am told the dinners
which you set forth to the patrons of
| your house every afternoon of the week
are good; but if you could have the
power of the clairvoyant bestowed up
on you | reckon you would never laugh
or race or drink more. Everywhere
around you you would see accusing
ghosts pointing at you ghosts that
would not only arraign You for their
murder but for the infinite legacy of
evils they bequeathed to the living at
their death through your cause. Moth
ers, wives. and sisters starv-
ing; girls pacing YEARLY tho pave
ments of the city at night,
bidding for dishonor; boys, born
to lead better life, thieving In the
streets because their father lost his
money at your table, Mr.. Dealerl All,
sir, there is many man that likes to
make money and spend it as well as
you, but he would not traffic in hearts
and lives and honors even could he
thereby acquire all the riches OF the
world and live in the very midst Of
gold When man pulls out q roll of
bills and hands it to you to be changed
into chips you know not but the happi-
ness OF his entire family is wrapped up
- &Lat I
would rather never have lived than
have registered against me the quantity
of curses that have been heaped upon
your head. you cruel, remorseless as
sassin, When I see you in the street,
sleek and we'll dressed, driving s
splendid turnout, l hate you, and were
is not for the laws of the land and OF
conscience would put a bullet through
| YOU without delay I hear the groans
Of breaking hearts in the roll OF your
wheels; see the death warrant of a
thousand honors written in every wrin-
kle of your abominable, smiling coun
tenance, confouad you, Why are you al
large? We chain up tigers and lions.
Is there. can there be q more ferocious,
-bloodthirsty beast than you area"
While he spoke everybody in the
room kept perfectly quiet. You might
have heard pin drop. The fearless
speaker was not again given the hint te
leave. The dealer did not utter one
word in reply. He finished the deal
and rose from his chair, which was al
once occupied by one of his assistants,
and the game went on as though moth
ing had happened. In the meantime
the old gentleman had left IN company
with his son.
The dealer took seat in a corner
and for an hour did not stir. He
seemed to be absorbed in deep thought.
On the first day of the following month
drew ont his interest in the game
and fitted up a saloon in elegant Style
on Broadway, in the neighporhood o.
25th street. remember we'll that the
aOa0inr took ulaca on the 1st iay OF